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1 /** 2 * @license Apache-2.0 3 * 4 * Copyright (c) 2021 The Stdlib Authors. 5 * 6 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 7 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 8 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 9 * 10 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 11 * 12 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 13 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 14 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 15 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 16 * limitations under the License. 17 */ 18 19 'use strict'; 20 21 // MODULES // 22 23 var isString = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-string' ).isPrimitive; 24 var splitGraphemeClusters = require( './../../split-grapheme-clusters' ); 25 var isNonNegativeInteger = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-nonnegative-integer' ).isPrimitive; 26 var isStringArray = require( '@stdlib/assert/is-string-array' ).primitives; 27 var replace = require( './../../replace' ); 28 var rescape = require( '@stdlib/utils/escape-regexp-string' ); 29 var format = require( './../../format' ); 30 31 32 // VARIABLES // 33 34 var WHITESPACE_CHARS = '\u0020\f\n\r\t\v\u00a0\u1680\u2000-\u200a\u2028\u2029\u202f\u205f\u3000\ufeff'; 35 36 37 // MAIN // 38 39 /** 40 * Trims `n` characters from the beginning of a string. 41 * 42 * @param {string} str - input string 43 * @param {NonNegativeInteger} n - number of characters to trim 44 * @param {(string|StringArray)} [chars] - characters to trim (defaults to whitespace characters) 45 * @throws {TypeError} first argument must be a string 46 * @throws {TypeError} second argument must be a nonnegative integer 47 * @throws {TypeError} third argument must be a string or an array of strings 48 * @returns {string} trimmed string 49 * 50 * @example 51 * var str = ' abc '; 52 * var out = ltrimN( str, 2 ); 53 * // returns ' abc ' 54 * 55 * @example 56 * var str = ' abc '; 57 * var out = ltrimN( str, str.length ); 58 * // returns 'abc ' 59 * 60 * @example 61 * var str = '~~abc!~~'; 62 * var out = ltrimN( str, str.length, [ '~', '!' ] ); 63 * // returns 'abc!~~' 64 * 65 * @example 66 * var str = '🤖👨🏼🎨🤖👨🏼🎨🤖👨🏼🎨'; 67 * var out = ltrimN( str, str.length, '👨🏼🎨🤖' ); 68 * // returns '' 69 */ 70 function ltrimN( str, n, chars ) { 71 var nElems; 72 var reStr; 73 var isStr; 74 var RE; 75 var i; 76 if ( !isString( str ) ) { 77 throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid argument. First argument must be a string. Value: `%s`.', str ) ); 78 } 79 if ( !isNonNegativeInteger( n ) ) { 80 throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid argument. Second argument must be a nonnegative integer. Value: `%s`.', n ) ); 81 } 82 if ( arguments.length > 2 ) { 83 isStr = isString( chars ); 84 if ( !isStr && !isStringArray( chars ) ) { 85 throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid argument. Third argument must be a string or an array of strings. Value: `%s`.', chars ) ); 86 } 87 if ( isStr ) { 88 chars = splitGraphemeClusters( chars ); 89 } 90 nElems = chars.length - 1; 91 reStr = ''; 92 for ( i = 0; i < nElems; i++ ) { 93 reStr += rescape( chars[ i ] ); 94 reStr += '|'; 95 } 96 reStr += rescape( chars[ nElems ] ); 97 98 // Case: Trim a specific set of characters from the beginning of a string.. 99 RE = new RegExp( '^(?:' + reStr + '){0,'+n+'}' ); 100 } else { 101 // Case: Trim `n` whitespace characters from the beginning of a string... 102 RE = new RegExp( '^[' + WHITESPACE_CHARS + ']{0,'+n+'}' ); 103 } 104 return replace( str, RE, '' ); 105 } 106 107 108 // EXPORTS // 109 110 module.exports = ltrimN;